Why not even five goals could cheer up Berba
By 3pm
Published 22:58 28/11/10
Not even a five-goal haul against Blackburn could improve Dimitar Berbatov's perennial moodiness on Saturday night.
While other members of the victorious Manchester United team were happy to sign autographs for fans waiting by the VIP car park at Old Trafford's Stretford End - with Chicharito and Wayne Rooney delighting the crowd by staying for ages - the brooding Bulgarian got a lackey to drive his car directly up to the exit door, then got in and drove away without even a wave.
Maybe he'll cheer up if he gets six next week.
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WICKED WHISTLE 2
Which player, currently trying to build a media career, is desperate that future employers do not find out he was bombed out by his first club for stealing from team-mates?
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Now he is out of I'm A Celebrity..., let's hope former Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik attempts to forge a career in football punditry.
The lanky asteroid watcher styles himself a fan of Leicester City but appears to be about as diehard as David Cameron is in support of Aston Villa.
So much so that when Opik attempted to boost his fan cred by giving an interview about his love for the Foxes, he turned up clutching a printout of City's Wikpedia entry for easy reference, said the last time he had seen a match at the Walkers' Stadium was when he was in a plane flying overhead and at one point, referred to a replay as “a rematch.”
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